diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 97ed6b82491..00000000000
--- a/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-default:
-	./task
-
-# Delegates every make target to the equivalent ./task target.
-# Intentional semantic changes from the old Makefile:
-#   make fmt  → ./task fmt  (full format, was incremental; use make fmt-q for incremental)
-#   make lint → ./task lint (full lint,   was incremental; use make lint-q for incremental)
-.DEFAULT:
-	@./task "$@"
diff --git a/experimental/ssh/README.md b/experimental/ssh/README.md
index 66ed288bdda..40b553d4bff 100644
--- a/experimental/ssh/README.md
+++ b/experimental/ssh/README.md
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ databricks ssh connect --cluster=id
 
 ## Development
 ```shell
-make build snapshot-release
+./task build snapshot-release
 ./cli ssh connect --cluster=<id> --releases-dir=./dist --debug # or modify ssh config accordingly
 ```
 
diff --git a/integration/README.md b/integration/README.md
index 1c1d7c6f653..9bcddfc54ad 100644
--- a/integration/README.md
+++ b/integration/README.md
@@ -33,5 +33,5 @@ go test ./integration/...
 Alternatively:
 
 ```bash
-make integration
+./task integration
 ```
diff --git a/tools/bench_parse.py b/tools/bench_parse.py
index 534fbe36af2..6c600f323e5 100755
--- a/tools/bench_parse.py
+++ b/tools/bench_parse.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 """
-Parses output of benchmark runs (e.g. "make bench100") and prints a summary table.
+Parses output of benchmark runs (e.g. "./task bench-100") and prints a summary table.
 """
 
 import sys